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North Carolina House completes 1st half of veto override on gender-affirming care ban for minors
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A GOP supermajority in the North Carolina House voted Wednesday to override the Democratic governor’s veto of legislation to ban gender-affirming treatments for transgender minors, putting those youth just a vote away from losing access to that care.
The vote immediately followed a vote by the chamber overriding Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of another bill banning transgender girls from girls’ sports teams participation from middle school through college.
House lawmakers voted along party lines 73-46 to surmount Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the bill that would bar medical professionals — with limited exceptions — from providing hormone therapy, puberty-blocking drugs and surgical gender-transition procedures to anyone under 18. Minors who began treatment before Aug. 1 could continue receiving that care if their doctors deem it medically necessary and their parents consent.
The House vote leaves North Carolina one vote away from becoming the latest state to ban gender-affirming health care for transgender youth. Votes are also needed in the Senate to enact legislation over Cooper’s veto powers.